The subject addresses the relationship between innovation projects and corporate finance. Its objectives include understanding how innovation projects are aligned with financial strategy, how the financial planning and budgeting process is developed, ways of securing adequate funding, evaluation of financial performance in order to promote well-informed decision-making. Topics range from the importance of innovation to maintain and create competitive advantage in business, create impact on the corporation and its stakeholders, through budgeting, financial performance metrics and case studies and analysis of the financial viability of projects. This subject prepares students to lead innovation projects strategically, effectively integrating finance with innovation and enabling them to make decisions based on financial data in dynamic, innovation-driven business environments.